I thought entering college would be considered a fresh start. Maybe the things that annoyed me in the past would magically disappear. No, not for me. The song “Stacy’s Mom” has been haunting me since the 6th grade. Every time I enter a new school year, I cross my fingers hoping my new peers never heard of the song before. Of course there’s always going to be the extremely annoying people who sing it all the time. It happens often. Sometimes I like to play reverse psychology and act as if I don’t mind because I’ve noticed that if I react, they seem to bother me even more. But I’m not very good with that. Most of the time I show my hostility towards the song. It’s unavoidable. The reason being isn’t even because the song’s a bit disturbing, but mainly because of the redundancy of it. It gets on my nerves. I don’t get annoyed that easily. KINDA. If I do, it’s usually for a good reason. Usually. Something that has been bothering me lately is the issues in contemporary society. Do people nowadays actually have respect for others, but more importantly respect for themselves? I walk into my favorite bubble tea shop, Quickly’s everyday to see teenagers with the typical Northface backpack, hoodie, and fancy smancy expensive sneakers. They walk around as if they’re invincible and the world revolves around them. Ignorance? Basic etiquette such as saying thank you and excuse me apparently does not exist in their vocabulary. That is all in my opinion. But I feel like if they aren’t able to respect others, how can they possibly respect themselves? Is pretending you are something you really are not that important? Or is being yourself and comfortable more rewarding? Or are we all trying so hard to be different, that it actually makes us all the same? I would like to conclude with my motto of respect yourself and others.